Question

Explaining The first column below lists terms that were important in Spartan society. In the second column, write a short sentence explaining the significance of each term to Sparta.

Answer 1

Helots:Local inhabitants of Laconia and Messenia, owned by the Spartan state and required to work for its citizens in total subjection: they might on occasion be freed for military service.

Ephors:Five magistrates elected annually from among all Spartiates (with no re-election possible). This board possessed sweeping powers – even over the kings – and took a leading role in the state's affairs.